The Delta independent., 1887-02-08

of game.
Judge NJ. b. Gerry. of San Juan
county, has been appointed Railroad Com
missioner.
The bill establishing an army post
at Denver has passed the House of Repre-
sentatives.
The new county in the eastern part
Of the State will be called Washington in
stead Of Chilcott.
Mrs. Richard Whitsitt, of Denver, has
made present of 5000 to St Luke's Hos
pital of that city.
Charles Warren, of Denver. while
slightly demented, cut his throat from ear
to ear with a razor.
The body of William A. Morris, the
missing Leadville man, has been found in
the bottom of an abandoned shaft.
Three hundred and nine bills have
been introduced in the Senate, and three
hundred and eighty-two in the House.
The freights paid at the Rio Grande
depot at Montrose last year were sses, ,4s4. .a5,
a gain Of s57, $3.50 over the previous year.
Sheriff Kendall. of Garfield county
arrested Beach,a Utah horse thief, the other
day, after an exciting exchange of pistol
shots
There are three heirs in Aspen Of a
e7s, ,ooo, ,0oo estate in Holland, which has Just
been restored to the family from which 1t
was confiscated In l7ol.
Al .,,orpr;a;pr rapr, ra,tlapap N,
Pueblo is said to be teaching his cattle to
chew their tails in time of billiards, and
thus keep the wolf from the door.
A bill has been introduced in Con-
gress giving the Denver & Rio Grande
Railway Company the right of way through
the Fort Crawford military reservation.
Two brothers named Frank and
Fred Smith, were killed by premature eX-
plosion Of giant powder at the Snow Storm
mine, eighteen miles west of Durango.
A man was sent out on the line of
day to thaw out the water tank near
Wheelers. He succeeded SO well in his un-
dertaking that he burned down the tank.
The receipts of the Rio Grand road
have increased largely since the reduced
ties went into effect on the first of Janu-
AIRY. The receipts at Leadville have in
creased g 600 orer the same period of last
year, and II is the same all along the line.
The Longmont Board OF Trade have
issued very handsome pamphlet setting
forth the attractions of their town and the
surrounding country. 1t is profusely illus.
trated, and II well circulated, must result In
bringing many people to that part of the
State.
James F. Clark. living near Morri-
son, was lost last Monday evening, in the
snow storm, southwest of Morrison, and
when found the next morning he was badly
frozen. Several of his fingers will have to
be amputated, but II is thought the arms
and legs can be restored to usefulness.
The camps of Kokomo and Robinson
are now looking up again. The sale of the
Queen OF the West and the lease Of the
Robinson have inspired confidence in those
who have stayed by the camp in its dark
days. The introduction of limited amount
ofcapital would help the camp out wonder
fully. e.
A Buena Vista correspondent of the
Leadvilie Dispatch says that that town is
having whisky boom, and as an illustra-
ton of the fact states that on one day re-
Gently in one saloon there were 81 men ly-
ing drunk on the floor at one time. There
are 20 saloons in the town and the returns
from the other 10 are not in.
The Colorado Midland Railroad COM
pany have ordered four hundred carloads of
Oregon pine from Oregon, which will be
used in the construction Of their bridges,
culverts and water tanks. The pine is ex-
ceptionally tough, and specially adapted to
the work II was ordered for. The pine Is
now being received at Colorado Springs.
Tho following engagements at the
Tabor Grand Opera House, Denver. are an
nornced by Manager McCourt for the weeks
commencing as follows: Marie Prescott,
Feb. IA; Eben Plympton, Feb. as; Lotta,
Feb. IS; Emma Abbott, March 4; Rice's
Evangeline, March IA; Louis James, March
Is; Robson and Crane, April 4: Thatcher,
Primrose and West, April II.
There are two forestry measures be-
fore the Legislature which are heartily en-
dorsed by the State Forest Commission.
One is q bill to give greater efficiency to the
laws heretofore enacted for the protection
and maintenance of our forests, and the
other a joint memorial asking Congress to
transfer to the State the control Of the pub
lie forest lands within her borders.
The Pueblo Bosrd Of Trade now has
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